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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Those Fender Jazz basses sounded fantastic, but they scared the hell out of me”: Why bassist Paul Samwell-Smith chose a short-scale Epiphone for his “rave-ups” with the Yardbirds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The blues-rock opener from the band’s 1966 debut album showcases a standout example of Samwell-Smith’s fluid, freewheeling bass work ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stevie Glasgow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dnoh9ZsmxdGh9iaKk4XGyh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I look down, I see the empty pit, and I see a bass guitar against the wall. I said, ‘Right, I’m gonna show you guys what I’ve got’”: When a teenage Suzi Quatro laid down a marker by jamming with Jeff Beck and Cozy Powell  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bassist was determined to prove her worth, and the impromptu jam was the perfect platform to do it ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Weller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6PJd8BnGMbLoMMzrt6JnZF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “He picks it up, hits the corner of a stone table and puts a huge ding in it”: When Jeff Beck damaged an impossibly rare vintage Stratocaster – while he and Dweezil Zappa were at a party dressed as knights ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This Fender once belonged to Steve Marriott or something… But Beck? He wasn’t too fussed. People pay for these dings nowadays! ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:20:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Guitarists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z3iMpnjWcc3skeZpCVr5Ki-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Experience what happens when 50 years of pickup expertise meets modern active technology”: Seymour Duncan goes toe-to-toe with Fishman with its triple-voiced MortalCoil active pickups ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Offering three distinct voices in one package and promising fast, dynamic response and long battery life, these might be SD’s most modern pickups yet ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Weller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zaRs6qENTHBkFZuTumVg46-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jimmy Page used one of our guitars. It was some of the best tremolo work I’d ever heard”: Paul Reed Smith on how he built his brand, secret PRS players – and why the internet is wrong about tonewood ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Once the guitar brand for the one percent, the smash-hit success of the SE line took PRS Guitars mainstream, but for Smith, it’s still about trying to raise the bar and find new sounds ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Electric Guitars]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amit Sharma ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/92oSF4v6zUyW3p6XxMWzye-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “When we lost Jeff, his wife wrote to me and said, ‘I’m going to sell the guitars. They keep reminding me of him’”: John McLaughlin remembers gifting Jeff Beck the white Strat that featured on his seminal Wired record – and helped shape his guitar legacy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The iconic Strat was reportedly stolen at a later date ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:15:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Guitarists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ matthew.owen@futurenet.com (Matt Owen) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Owen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ro6GrFJVmfJvSXXstqvSSK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I got bored with Miles Davis. He was like, ‘Robben, play that just like the record.’ And I didn’t join Miles Davis to do that”: Robben Ford explains his dalliance with Davis, Joni Mitchell’s fuzz tips – and how Jeff Beck got him back on the Strat ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ford on two moments when Joni Mitchell was right and he was wrong, why his late 80s stint with Davis didn't work out and his go-to Dumble alternative ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:17:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:20:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Daly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MaXqcJZJUrn9QhdtK6JVJf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “People don't know this. He loved it”: Jeff Beck secretly played a PRS at home – and the company is trying to get it back ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Beck played Fenders, Gibsons, even Jacksons onstage – but he reportedly kept a PRS handy at home for recording ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Guitarists]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ matthew.owen@futurenet.com (Matt Owen) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Owen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tm66u3hccYJBuBCtfGqtsK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I said, ‘If you let me borrow one for tonight, I promise I’ll come back.’ I didn’t go back until 5 or 6 years later”: The Rolling Stones legend who stole his first guitar ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Before he became rock royalty, Ronnie Wood couldn’t afford the Fender Jazz Bass that he needed to gig ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:17:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Guitarists]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Weller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JcP8AzgYbj7HDjBL4fEGJh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jeff Beck would pick up my fretless and play the craziest licks. I was in awe”: Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Daly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UVA2xNR3oVfcpxYKQbj9tn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I’d say, ‘How is your latest record, Jeff?’ And he’d go, ‘Oh, it's a lot of rubbish’”: Ritchie Blackmore on Jeff Beck’s imposter syndrome ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Both guitarists revolutionized rock guitar – but Beck wasn’t always the biggest fan of his own work ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:52:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:44:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Weller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LBUxnD5Zp6k7DY8ixh7Bm9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “The more I got to know him, the more I could tell he was interested in different sounds, from Indian classical to Middle Eastern”: Nicolas Meier was hand-picked by Jeff Beck. Now he’s honoring the late guitar icon with a sound that seeks new horizons ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Meier on what he learned from Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía, and how in Jeff Beck he found a kindred spirit for guitar sounds with no limits ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amit Sharma ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wKrMK867KVtMmfjc2j5LoF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “A week later, I got a message from my manager asking, ‘Did you meet Jeff Beck?’ He wanted me to sing on his record”: That time Jeff Beck gave an impromptu guitar lesson to a future pop pioneer – who didn’t know who he was ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/imogen-heaps-jeff-beck-guitar-lesson</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The serendipitous hangout led to the pair working together on Beck’s 2000 album, You Had It Coming ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Weller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xmHtdVA3Xm9GZoMKJcJUq6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “One thing led to another, and a jam session turned into Warren Haynes sporting some of rock and roll’s most iconic guitars on stage”: Warren Haynes becomes the latest to wield Jeff Beck's ‘Yardburst’ on stage – following Marcus King and Craig Ross ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/warren-haynes-plays-jeff-beck-yardburst-on-stage</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The guitar icon is currently out on tour with Gov’t Mule, and was spotted brandishing Beck's Yardbirds Gibson Les Paul Standard while jamming with Derek Trucks at their tour stop in Chicago ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bEKY4h6ApfLeTYwD2Bi9gP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Reshaping the nut to look more like a Gibson from the ’50s is too tempting not to do”: How I made the Epiphone Jeff Beck Oxblood 1954 Les Paul a little more Jeff Beck ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ After quite a few playing hours under its belt, Dave Burrluck gets the Epiphone Oxblood Les Paul back into the garage for a bit of a tinker and a tune-up ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dave Burrluck ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2VhfEtbYUu8weHTvDcpMkQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “The crowd went crazy. Somebody threw a 9-volt battery, and it hit me right above my eye”: Ricky Byrd on charged encounters onstage with Joan Jett and how Jeff Beck turned him onto smaller amps ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ricky-byrd-nyc-made</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ With his new solo album, NYC Made, out now, the former Blackheart checks in to talk first and favorite guitars – and confesses he should practice more ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joe Matera ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/piLkNVyRvDotXzkuciFSh4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I almost cried when I first saw John Frusciante live. But when I got involved in extreme music, people would say, ‘Don’t mention RHCP’”: How Arve Isdal carved his own extreme metal path with Enslaved – and became Norway’s answer to Slash ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/arve-isdal-enslaved</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The blues-schooled shredder shows off some unlikely examples in his guitar collection, explains why he quit an Iron Maiden icon’s band and shares the fate of his supergroup with Dani Filth, Rob Caggiano and John Tempesta ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amit Sharma ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rERQ83uTWfrwF5jqjEaMiV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It suffered a broken headstock, was completely refinished, refretted and had P-90s replaced with humbuckers”: Untangling the history of Jeff Beck’s Oxblood Les Paul, the most expensive Gibson Les Paul ever sold at auction ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/the-story-of-jeff-beck-oxblood-les-paul</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Will we ever know the true story of this fabled guitar? For some it’s iconic, for others it was simply a cobbled-together working tool for a master ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dave Burrluck ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/swjjwcmzujbyNebX4tm4U-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A black-and-white image of Jeff Beck playing a Les Paul live in 1973.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black-and-white image of Jeff Beck playing a Les Paul live in 1973.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I was a Marshall guy back then. Now I literally cannot listen to Marshalls”: How Jeff Beck inspired former Joan Jett and the Blackhearts guitarist Ricky Byrd to switch from Marshall stacks to Fender combos ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Byrd was a total Marshall stan, but witnessing Jeff Beck at the Iridium in New York changed his mind ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:24:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:12:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EuL2HfrwNt9rvrDB9U7vof-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Ricky Byrd performs during the 12th Annual All-Star Irish Rock Revue at Highline Ballroom on March 12, 2011 in New York City]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ricky Byrd performs during the 12th Annual All-Star Irish Rock Revue at Highline Ballroom on March 12, 2011 in New York City]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I walk in and see on the board: ‘Beck, Satriani, Lukather, Slash.’ I thought it was a send-up”: Spinal Tap once surprised Nigel Tufnel with an all-star guitar solo tribute – but he wasn't thrilled about it ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Explaining (well, bickering about, really) the star-studded Break Like the Wind, David St. Hubbins maintained that the collaboration was merely intended as a friendly gesture from admirers, and that Tufnel misunderstood it ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jackson.maxwell@futurenet.com (Jackson Maxwell) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jackson Maxwell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9FcXnoYNWEkgYHsGa7Ekd8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “A timely reminder of a true great. Will you sound like him when you plug it in? We wish”: Epiphone Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood review ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Another fabled Les Paul joins ‘Greeny’ in Epiphone’s top-end lineup ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dave Burrluck ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPwFApGpkfPHARdXZXiGn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jeff Beck’s iconic Oxblood Les Paul made history as the most expensive LP to sell at auction – now it’s been revived as an Epiphone signature model ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The legendary 1954 LP starred alongside Beck for much of his career and sold for more than $1 million at auction. Now, Epiphone has launched a $1,200 replica ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:47:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 09:04:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ matthew.owen@futurenet.com (Matt Owen) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Owen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yf4unjvzox4MsUiEEXRH3A-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “What better way to honor the past than by letting the YardBurst, once played by Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, live on through today's artists?”: Marcus King follows in Craig Ross’ footsteps to wield Jeff Beck’s iconic Les Paul on stage ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/marcus-king-follows-in-craig-ross-footsteps-to-wield-jeff-becks-yardburst-on-stage</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ KALEO's JJ Julius Son and Marcus King Band's Drew Smithers also played the legendary LP, which fetched over $490,000 at auction earlier this year ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CwRPEfAZyzKzRuvnJWiab3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Marcus King playing the YardBurst at Red Rocks Amphitheatre]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Marcus King playing Jeff Beck&#039;s Yardburst on stage]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jeff Beck used to love seeing him and Lenny play live – it feels full circle”: Lenny Kravitz guitarist Craig Ross has been playing Jeff Beck’s $490,000 Yardburst Les Paul onstage for an entire tour ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Keen-eyed attendees of the European leg of Kravitz's Blue Electric Light tour could spot one of the most iconic guitars in history ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GW2by6kbKDH7zzVJTPV2hA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I got together with Jeff a few years ago. The famous white Strat was sitting on the couch so I said, ‘Jeff, pick it up and play it!’” Rockabilly rover Mick Rogers on playing with Frank Zappa, touring with Kiss, and rootsy jams with Jeff Beck ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The veteran rocker recalls how Frank Zappa helped him get his first Les Paul – and also got him kicked out of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – and discusses his recordings with Jeff Beck, which Rogers says were the last the late virtuoso ever made ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Naomi Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uJ3RB2DL8UgyA2y6BcCivY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jeff was playing through his dodgy Marshall and didn’t like the sound. He said, ‘We’ll do it again, later on…’” Mick Rogers may be in possession of Jeff Beck’s last-ever studio recording ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mark Knopfler’s charity single Going Home, released in March 2024, was widely thought to be Beck’s final recording, but Rogers says he has an unreleased studio track that may very well take that crown ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:32:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:23:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n4Yp5VoNvBavCr3WuAVVYi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I had to teach Jeff Beck a tune. Which was sort of like, ‘Give me your guitar… Oops, now I have to play!’” Hans Zimmer on the time he unwittingly gave Jeff Beck a guitar lesson ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The pair were working on a film score together when the composer found himself showing the world’s “most inventive” player a thing or two on the guitar ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Weller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bmeS6QpdQdsbJUhmRhA9Va-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I turned up at George Martin’s office with a diabolically bad demo – but he could see there was something there”: How Jeff Beck’s Blow by Blow triumphed against the odds to change instrumental guitar forever ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-jeff-beck-blow-by-blow-changed-instrumental-guitar-forever</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ 50 years on, Blow by Blow remains an inspirational force – a turning point for Beck and guitar-led music in general ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Gill ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wUdccz4xsKAUJJZsbtFJvd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Somebody will get mad at me, but it’s the closest thing to Beck, Clapton and Page. What was in the water we were all drinking?” Billy Corgan names himself and two other ’90s guitar gods as the ‘metal Yardbirds’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Smashing Pumpkins frontman shared near-identical early experiences with two other players close to his local area, but they all ended up going down different avenues – not unlike the Yardbird legends ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:58:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:14:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ matthew.owen@futurenet.com (Matt Owen) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Owen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nvZDk4pxh4gLw5JNs8F9jm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Billy Corgan of the band The Smashing Pumpkins performs during a concert as part of &#039;The World Is A Vampire Tour&#039; at Coliseo General Ruminahui on November 12, 2024 in Quito, Ecuador]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Billy Corgan of the band The Smashing Pumpkins performs during a concert as part of &#039;The World Is A Vampire Tour&#039; at Coliseo General Ruminahui on November 12, 2024 in Quito, Ecuador]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It threw me off completely. Here I am in front of 16,000 people, on the stage where Jeff Beck stood, where The Beatles stood, and where Jimi Hendrix stood”: Steve Lukather on wielding Beck’s Strat, jams with George Harrison –and his best solo slip-up ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Luke sets the record straight on recent fake interview about modern players, explains how he knew when Michael Jackson liked his playing, and hints at what to expect from his new Music Man signature ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Daly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pfPsrBBDEYiY9G8ZdtRSTX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It had been really poorly refinished with chunks of wood missing. And you know what? It may be the best-sounding Strat I’ve got”: How Andy Timmons gave a bargain guitar a new lease of life – taking inspiration from Hendrix and Beck ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The virtuoso has owned “a long chain of guitars” throughout his decades-spanning career but calls one Strat he bought off eBay a particularly memorable find ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XBBrHxAMmQ8Bygb5kSY3Fk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Andy Timmons live in concert at Iridium on July 25, 2018 in New York City]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Andy Timmons live in concert at Iridium on July 25, 2018 in New York City]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It was so close to happening. Then Jeff bailed at the last moment”: Joe Satriani was days away from signing Jeff Beck for G3 – before the Yardbird dropped out and suggested Prince as a replacement ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Satriani discusses how Beck may have overlooked him due to their generational differences as guitarists ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xpm9djS4xu7frK3WQPi5AB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “It was a different feel, but it was so expressive. I had never seen that clip of Jeff Beck before”: Jerry Cantrell on how Jeff Beck inspired him to dig out a rare pedal for I Want Blood ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Alice In Chains riffer drew inspiration from the late great, and his penchant for left-field gear, for his latest solo album ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Weller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r2cw2FwEPFtvQW96zWoQF7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Testament to the legacy of a genius”: Jeff Beck's guitar collection has sold for an astounding $10.7 million at auction – complete with a record-breaking Les Paul sale ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The mega-auction, which included over 130 guitars, amps, and ‘tools-of-the-trade,’ saw some of Beck's most noteworthy guitars – including his  ‘Oxblood’ Gibson Les Paul and ‘Anoushka’ Strat – go under the hammer ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dhbLt5FbYgSQZYNxCKYeFc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Left to right, Jeff Beck playing: the ‘Oxblood’ at Crystal Palace Garden Party, September 1973; his Fender Custom Shop White Stratocaster known as ‘Anoushka’, in 2013; and the ‘Yardburst’ at The Fillmore West, July 1968, on tour with The Jeff Beck Group ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tash Perrin, Deputy Chairman, Christie’s Americas one of the auctioneers overseeing the sale of one of Jeff Beck’s Les Paul guitars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “The McLaughlin Strat was stolen after Beck absentmindedly left it in an open-top hot rod”: The highlights of the Jeff Beck guitar auction – from the story of Seymour Duncan’s Tele-Gib hybrid to his legendary Oxblood Gibson Les Paul ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the guitar hero’s entire career – from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Gill ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uYfrZXVyJ2WASFXpcME2dg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A Gibson Les Paul rests against an old blue speaker cabinet stencilled with &quot;Jeff Beck Group London&quot; in this promo shot for Christie&#039;s auction of the late guitar hero&#039;s gear collection.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Gibson Les Paul rests against an old blue speaker cabinet stencilled with &quot;Jeff Beck Group London&quot; in this promo shot for Christie&#039;s auction of the late guitar hero&#039;s gear collection.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Whenever I’d see him play live it was an off-the-rack Strat. He was never one to say, ‘I’ve got to play that’”: Joe Perry says he was planning to take Jeff Beck’s Strat on tour with Aerosmith –but its owner was the only special thing about it ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Aerosmith great has been discussing friendship with the late, great Beck – and says he almost took his Strat on tour last year, before the shows were cancelled ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:13:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:24:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ matthew.parker@futurenet.com (Matt Parker) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Parker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6RZNgWKFNTJpqHduCd2G7a-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Joe Perry and Jeff Beck with a white Strat – backstage in 1976]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Joe Perry and Jeff Beck with a white Strat – backstage in 1976]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Tina Turner signed it with a flick knife after he recorded for her in London. Then they all went out to dinner”: What the auction of Jeff Beck’s best-loved electrics tells us about the late guitar icon ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jeff-beck-guitar-auction</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ We join the experts from Christie’s auction house to take a closer look at the ‘Oxblood’ Les Paul, ‘Tele-Gib’ and other historic instruments from Jeff’s career – and discuss the portrait they paint of apragmatic, restless yet peerlessly gifted talent and his musical legacy ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Dickson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sRnVzpHKEw9VSGPAdJKonQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Jeff Beck, London, October 1984. He is holding a Jackson guitar with the name &#039;Tina Turner&#039; written on the body]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jeff Beck, London, October 1984. He is holding a Jackson guitar with the name &#039;Tina Turner&#039; written on the body]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I bumped into Eric in a club and I thought we were going to get into a fight! But he went, ‘Hello, man!’ and gave me a big hug”: Jeff Beck took the Yardbirds in a new direction, but the constant Eric Clapton comparisons took years to shake ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jeff-beck-early-eric-clapton-comparisons</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ In the first stages of his career, Beck's relationship with Clapton was just as much (if not more) defined by Clapton's already-legendary reputation than it was by the man himself ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:12:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:46:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jackson.maxwell@futurenet.com (Jackson Maxwell) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jackson Maxwell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LPTPY2B7AcyPG2RETp8Lgi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Jeff Beck (left) and Eric Clapton perform onstage at the Drury Lane Theatre in London on September 9, 1981]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jeff Beck (left) and Eric Clapton perform onstage at the Drury Lane Theatre in London on September 9, 1981]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “They’re both amazing guitarists, but Jeff Beck let you take liberties”: Rhonda Smith had been on call with Prince for more than a decade when she told the Purple One she was busy with Jeff Beck ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/rhonda-smith-on-playing-with-prince-and-jeff-beck</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Session ace Rhonda Smith on how her 10-year stint with Prince came to a close ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:46:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brian Fox ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HzUFvQtkWCSSg3VVHdDEcZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Jeff Beck and Rhonda Smith perform on stage at Symphony Hall on May 20, 2014 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jeff Beck and Rhonda Smith perform on stage at Symphony Hall on May 20, 2014 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “These guitars were his great love and almost two years after his passing, it's time to part with them as Jeff wished”: Over 130 of Jeff Beck's guitars, amps, and gear – including his Oxblood Gibson Les Paul – are heading to auction ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From his ‘Yardburst’ Les Paul to his ‘Anoushka’ Strat, the auction of Beck's collection celebrates the guitar icon's trailblazing career – with one of his most famous guitars expected to fetch up to $632,000 ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:58:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MTxgRDfRUU7Z6yJw8ZQQP5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Left to right, Jeff Beck playing: the ‘Oxblood’, his 1954 Gibson Les Paul, Crystal Palace Garden Party, September 1973; playing his Fender Custom Shop White Stratocaster known as ‘Anoushka’, in 2013; and playing the ‘Yardburst’, his circa 1958 Gibson Les Paul, at The Fillmore West, July 1968, on tour with The Jeff Beck Group ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Left to right, Jeff Beck playing: the ‘Oxblood’, his 1954 Gibson Les Paul, Crystal Palace Garden Party, September 1973; playing his Fender Custom Shop White Stratocaster known as ‘Anoushka’, in 2013; and playing the ‘Yardburst’, his circa 1958 Gibson Les Paul, at The Fillmore West, July 1968, on tour with The Jeff Beck Group ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds, but I certainly wouldn't have had the same kind of free rein to experiment”: Jeff Beck on his relationship with Eric Clapton, jamming with Hendrix, and turning down John Mayall ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a 2010 chat with GW, the always creatively restless virtuoso discusses his love of John McLaughlin, what he sought out to do when venturing into the world of classical music, and the musical icon he wished he had had the chance to collaborate with ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andy Aledort ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yBo4gfMApYjaXWU9rjqAnV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Jeff Beck performs onstage in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 25, 2010]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jeff Beck performs onstage in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 25, 2010]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jeff Beck gave me his gold J Rockett Archer, based on the Klon. That can never leave”: Featuring a Joe Bonamassa wah and an overdrive gifted by Beck himself, Carmen Vandenberg’s pedalboard is a tour de force of tone ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Bones UK and Morrissey guitarist is one of the most exacting tone connoisseurs in the game, with some quietly radical picks and some familiar favorites ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:43:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:22:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jenna Scaramanga ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ARgyj8a9uX6wH95VndYg29-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Carmen Vandenberg]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Carmen Vandenberg]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ He was a ’60s blues firebrand straight out of the “Surrey delta”, before he switched to the Strat and mastered a touch that has never been rivalled –here’s how Jeff Beck forever reshaped the way guitarists think about ‘feel’ ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/jeff-beck-soloing-style</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ From faux slide lines and whammy bar manipulation to fingerstyle phraseology and harmonics, learn the key tricks of Jeff Beck’s incredible lead playing ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:45:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andy G Jones ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xGHypCXKu4gMsGXowNiCdS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Jeff Beck leans into a solo on his Olympic White Fender Stratocaster, without pick as per his preferred style]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jeff Beck leans into a solo on his Olympic White Fender Stratocaster, without pick as per his preferred style]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “I apologize for what’s about to happen”: Steve Morse becomes the latest guitar hero to pay tribute to the late Jeff Beck with a stirring rendition of his signature tune, Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Morse follows the likes of Gary Clark Jr., Eric Clapton, John McLaughlin and Joe Bonamassa to perform one of Beck’s most well-known recordings in honor of the late guitar great ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:16:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:21:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Weller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z9dkwCNcSD4UfHhPyC3Cbe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Steve Morse]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Steve Morse]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jeff would sound like Jeff no matter what you put him through. That was his test for me, too. I was 23. I was so scared, but I passed the test”: Carmen Vandenberg and Rosie Bones explain the joy and challenge of playing with the late, great Jeff Beck ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In 2019, Jeff Beck broke with tradition and looked for a vocal record to complement his peerless playing, and he looked to Bones UK for collaborators. Here, Vandenberg and Bones look back on a life-changing collab ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Horsley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YsZqXksVfV4k5cJuZoxLjM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Live shots of Carmen Vandenberg and Rosie Bones of Bones UK, with Jeff Beck playing a white Strat]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Live shots of Carmen Vandenberg and Rosie Bones of Bones UK, with Jeff Beck playing a white Strat]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jeff was extremely adept with a bottleneck, but he could also manipulate the whammy to get a slide effect when the mood took him”: How Jeff Beck made his whammy bar sound like a slide – his soloing secrets revealed ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/jeff-beck-whammy-bar-slide</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nobody could bend notes like Beck – he took a glissando approach to blues-rock guitar, using the whammy bar when others might have used a slide ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:18:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:30:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Richard Barrett ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rWjhjhC44VPJ9eSEo2r9AY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Jeff Beck wears mirrored aviators and plays his white Strat with the reversed neck]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jeff Beck wears mirrored aviators and plays his white Strat with the reversed neck]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “They asked Billy Gibbons, John Mayer and me. I wish this would make me sound like Jeff Beck, but it won’t”: Steve Lukather confirms Jeff Beck guitar tribute project as he wields his iconic White Strat to cover Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lukather is one of the first players to use the late guitar great's old instruments as part of an ongoing “musicians’ project to honor Jeff’s legacy” – and many more are expected to follow ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ matthew.owen@futurenet.com (Matt Owen) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Owen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4ZmFjRnZM5VNHfP5zVB6zj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Steve Lukather playing Jeff Beck&#039;s White Strat at the Hollywood Bowl]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Steve Lukather playing Jeff Beck&#039;s White Strat at the Hollywood Bowl]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “The first time I went to Jeff Beck’s house, he sat me in front of a ton of amps and gave me a guitar… he wanted to see if I could get my tone no matter what”: Carmen Vandenberg recalls Jeff Beck’s ultimate tone test ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/news/carmen-vandenberg-on-jeff-beck-guitar-tone-test</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Vandenberg discusses the invaluable lesson she learned from Beck about achieving your tone no matter what equipment you have at hand ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:13:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:45:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janelle Borg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8d6QdZgvGUQiz882x9GSyT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Carmen Vandenberg of Bones UK performs at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on August 16, 2024 in Sterling Heights, Michigan]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Carmen Vandenberg of Bones UK performs at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on August 16, 2024 in Sterling Heights, Michigan]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Jeff was the ultimate ‘tinkerer’, always changing the look, feel and sound of his guitars”: Up close with the Gibson Custom Shop reissue of Jeff Beck’s ‘YardBurst’ 1959 Les Paul Standard ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/features/gibson-jeff-beck-yardburst-1959-les-paul-standard</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ We take a closer look at another stunner from the Murphy Lab that celebrates a pivotal moment in rock history, and one of its greatest ever players ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:41:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:34:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dave Burrluck ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4KbnidXqHRMVxzFRMDCTr4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ “Hendrix came in at two o’clock in the morning. I can still remember the audience – Rod Stewart, The Beatles, the Small Faces – all of them were silent when Jimi was done”: Junior Marvin on joining Bob Marley – and the night Hendrix shook his hand ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.guitarworld.com/features/junior-marvin-bob-marley-and-the-wailers</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Marvin had been offered a 10 year contract from Stevie Wonder on the day he joined Bob Marley and the Wailers. But he never looked back. Here he looks back on making musical history with reggae's global icon ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:42:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:49:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Daly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h8sBuK87tuxDG3cYGgarkk-1280-80.jpg">
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